Sweet Gale (Myrica gale) Essential Oil

Plant description

Latin Name :

Myrica gale

English Name :

Sweet Gale, Bog Myrtle

French Name :

Myrique baumier

Family :

Myricaceae

Origin :

Canada

History and Origin

Sweet Gale presents a very vast geographical distribution in North America. Sweet gale grows easily in the shrubby border of flood plains of the lakes and rivers, where it forms large populations. It is a perennial small-sized shrub with curved branches leaning over the water. Native Americans used it to preserve food, to prepare dye and in fumigations to keep mosquitoes away. They also prepared a diuretic decoction with branches.